Car Trader starting to invest in Gold

[Fantods]

I am a very occasional poster on a jazz forum, which uses the same software as this. As a result, whenever I see this thread title, I think of this guy. 

[Paulo]

18 hours ago, Paul said:

We are getting boiled on every level now, nobody seems to be bothered, noone seems to care.

I feel like I'm a visitor now in the reality I used to enjoy in my 20s

Keep me away from the ' general public' and newspapers, tv, radio, bookface, social media 

switch off and drop out

think for yourself. Ignore all you're told. Question

it's a mad mad mad world 

I agree Paul wholeheartedly.

When you realise everything you thought was true is a lie, at least this is the conclusion I came to sometime ago.

Although the past four years have been a huge eye opener even for me.

Central bank digital currencies (programmable) and we are screwed. 

[GoodAsGold]

On 05/02/2024 at 13:52, theman73 said:

I never carry cash on me, due to the security risk and the fact I don't need it and I have done this for the last 10 years. 

If you can beat them join them.

I’m the opposite. I always carry cash on me. Then again I don’t live in London and my chances of encountering some knife wielding robber who’s twice the size of me is significantly reduced where I live.

Cash is very handy in case of emergencies, such as when the payments systems crash in the supermarkets or wherever. All those shoppers who rely 100% on their cards having to abandon their purchases and make a mad dash to join the long queue at the nearest cash machine, hoping that it will still payout when it’s their turn.

Cards are a necessary convenience, but think of the above scenario and try to have some cash handy for the unexpected. Just my penny’s worth.

[GoodAsGold]

Wasn’t this a thread about the car dealer at one point?  😊

[theman73]

6 hours ago, GoodAsGold said:

I’m the opposite. I always carry cash on me. Then again I don’t live in London and my chances of encountering some knife wielding robber who’s twice the size of me is significantly reduced where I live.

Cash is very handy in case of emergencies, such as when the payments systems crash in the supermarkets or wherever. All those shoppers who rely 100% on their cards having to abandon their purchases and make a mad dash to join the long queue at the nearest cash machine, hoping that it will still payout when it’s their turn.

Cards are a necessary convenience, but think of the above scenario and try to have some cash handy for the unexpected. Just my penny’s worth.

My salary is lower than my direct debits so no cash is available.

[Earthmetal]

6 hours ago, GoodAsGold said:

I’m the opposite. I always carry cash on me. Then again I don’t live in London and my chances of encountering some knife wielding robber who’s twice the size of me is significantly reduced where I live.

Same here, but the security issue escapes me. Surely a thief could just take the collection of plastic cards that most people have and make a number of contactless purchases very easily?
I try to carry £50-£250 on me. At the moment it's quite a bit more than that as I recently sold a couple of car parts (cash). Surely that's still way less than the value of the latest Applsung Mongmaster S99i that these non-cash pillocks swank around with?

[theman73]

2 hours ago, Earthmetal said:

Same here, but the security issue escapes me.

Tell me you are in a rough area without saying a word:

Taken this morning

[Petra]

😮🤔so … getting back to car traders and gold ….. 🤔🚗🚗🤷🏼‍♂️

[Spyder]

24 minutes ago, Petra said:

😮🤔so … getting back to car traders and gold ….. 🤔🚗🚗🤷🏼‍♂️

Car trader went AWOL with his pocket full of £50 notes

[theman73]

37 minutes ago, Spyder said:

Car trader went AWOL with his pocket full of £50 notes

No wonder...

[ChrisSilver]

Hello and welcome to The Silver Forum, I moved your topic over to the welcome new members section  

[Earthmetal]

3 hours ago, theman73 said:

Tell me you are in a rough area without saying a word:

Taken this morning

What?

[theman73]

35 minutes ago, Earthmetal said:

What?

There are only pictures, no products, you take the picture go to the cashier and wait till they bring you the product from behind.

[Roy]

8 hours ago, theman73 said:

My salary is lower than my direct debits so no cash is available.

This worries me 😯

[GoodAsGold]

8 hours ago, theman73 said:

My salary is lower than my direct debits so no cash is available.

Sorry to hear that. I hope your direct debits come down in the near future.

[GoodAsGold]

2 hours ago, theman73 said:

There are only pictures, no products, you take the picture go to the cashier and wait till they bring you the product from behind.

I was looking at your original photo and trying to make out if the products on display were security products. Failed to see that they were only pictures. Thanks for the explanation.

[Petra]

Just now, GoodAsGold said:

I was looking at your original photo and trying to make out if the products on display were security products. Failed to see that they were only pictures. Thanks for the explanation.

Not a particularly new thing. Either way … walk in to Toolstation etc. you not going to be takinging stuff off the shelves to the till🤔😮

[GoodAsGold]

2 minutes ago, Petra said:

Not a particularly new thing. Either way … walk in to Toolstation etc. you not going to be takinging stuff off the shelves to the till🤔😮

I’m clearly too content in my own protective bubble. I’ll stick to the cities in the north.

[Earthmetal]

I can't see how proving you're in a rough area means you're more likely to get cash stolen than your cards and phone.

[Petra]

21 minutes ago, GoodAsGold said:

I’m clearly too content in my own protective bubble. I’ll stick to the cities in the north.

🤔😮mmmm….. been in some iffy parts of Edinburgh, parts of Dundee no better! 🤔😮😁